A boisterous tribute to her home town that crackles with the chaos of Pakistani political life The TimesDeftly woven and provocative ... Shamsies blistering humour and ear for dialogue scorches through their whirl of whisky and witticisms ObserverYou will notice very quickly that youre reading a book by someone who can write Above all, Kartography is a love story. And if youre not sniffling by, or in fact on, page 113, youre reading the wrong book GuardianBY THE ACCLAIMED WINNER OF THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN LLEWELLYN RHYS PRIZESoul mates from birth, Karim and Raheen finish one anothers sentences, speak in anagrams and lie spine to spine. They are irrevocably bound to one another and to Karachi, Pakistan. It beats in their hearts violent, polluted, corrupt, vibrant, brave and ultimately, home. As the years go by they let a barrier of silence build between them until, finally, they are brought together during a dry summer of strikes and ethnic violence and their relationship is poised between strained friendship and fated love.Perceptive, funny and poignant Times Literary SupplementA touching love story, with the city of Karachi beating at its heart Daily MailA gorgeous novel of perimeters and boundaries, of the regions literal and figurative in which were comfortable moving about and those through which wed rather not travel Los Angeles Times

Binding: Paperback;352 pages; Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Classification: F; Weight: 416 g; Dimensions: 131 x 198 x 19

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